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Stente :: Stenostome (a.) Having a small or narrow mouth; -- said of certain small ground snakes (Opoterodonta), which are unable to dilate their jaws..

Distend :: Distend (v. t.) To stretch out or extend in all directions; to dilate; to enlarge, as by elasticity of parts; to inflate so as to produce tension; to cause to swell; as, to distend a bladder, the stomach, etc..

Dilated :: Dilated (imp. & p. p.) of Dilat.

Dilatedly :: Dilatedly (adv.) In a dilated manner.

Erectile :: Erectile (a.) Capable of being erected; susceptible of being erected of dilated.

Dilated :: Dilated (a.) Widening into a lamina or into lateral winglike appendages.

Expansive :: Expansive (a.) Having a capacity or tendency to expand or dilate; diffusive; of much expanse; wide-extending; as, the expansive force of heat; the expansive quality of air..

Dilation :: Dilation (n.) The act of dilating, or the state of being dilated; expansion; dilatation..

Sinus :: Sinus (n.) A dilated vessel or canal.

Dilatator :: Dilatator (n.) A muscle which dilates any part; a dilator.

Tent :: Tent (n.) A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges..

Hemidactyl :: Hemidactyl (n.) Any species of Old World geckoes of the genus Hemidactylus. The hemidactyls have dilated toes, with two rows of plates beneath..

Expand :: Expand (v. t.) To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or stand apart, thus increasing bulk without addition of substance; to make to occupy more space; to dilate; to distend; to extend every way; to enlarge; -- opposed to contract; as, to expand the chest; heat expands all bodies; to expand the sphere of benevolence..

Shieldtail :: Shieldtail (n.) Any species of small burrowing snakes of the family Uropeltidae, native of Ceylon and Southern Asia. They have a small mouth which can not be dilated..

Dilator :: Dilator (n.) A muscle that dilates any part.

Subdititious :: Subdilated (a.) Partially dilated.

Puff :: Puff (n.) To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.

Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation..

Delate :: Delate (v. i.) To dilate.

Receptacle :: Receptacle (n.) The dilated apex of a pedicel which serves as a common support to a head of flowers.

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